Status of Black People in 1945 Aim: To investigate the status of black people at the end of the Second World War Watch this clip and bullet point what.

Status of Black People in 1945

Aim: To investigate the status of black people at the end of the Second World War

Watch this clip and bullet point what you find out about the lives of black people in 1945https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h-JcQp_Sbc (3 mins)

Northern and Southern States of America

Examples of northern states – Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania

Examples of southern states – Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina

• Segregation• Jim Crow laws• Farmers• KKK

• Worked in factories

• Lived in ghettos• Could vote• Earned 50% less

than white people

North or South?

south

North or South?

south

North or South?

north

North or South?

south

North or South?

north

North or South?

north

Term Definition

15th amendment 1870 These laws separated black people from white people

Segregation Freed from slavery

Jim Crow Southern states only allowed black people to vote if they could read and write

Grandfather laws Everyone who was an American citizen could vote

Literacy test Encouraged black people to register to vote. Proportion of black voters rose from 2% in 1940 to 15% in 1945

EmancipationSouthern states said black people could only vote if their grandfathers had been able to

Voter registration campaign Separation

Watch this clip and take notes on the experience of black people during the Second World Warhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX7xeHMa7to (3 mins)

Summarise the status of black people by the end of the Second world War. Write a paragraph to explain the positive and negative changes. Include these key words/ phrases:

• Voting• Unemployment• Soldiers• Segregation

• Constitution• Voter registration campaigns• Agriculture• Ghettos

By the end of the Second World War, black peoples lives had improved a bit. For example…..

However, they still faced lots of problems, such as….

Treated completely differently everywhere

Treated exactly the same

How equal were black people and white people in 1945?

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